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Nonprofit Leaders Tell Committee Bond Package, Grants Insufficient to Meet Service Needs
Summary
Nonprofit providers urged the committee to increase funding for nonprofit grants and include aid in the bond package, saying current awards left many requests unfunded and that service providers face staffing and capital pressures.
Nonprofit service providers and a development coordinator for a statewide behavioral health nonprofit told the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee that proposed bond adjustments and the current nonprofit grant program do not meet demand and that the state must "rightsize" funding.
Megan Gorman, development and community engagement coordinator for Community Mental Health Affiliates, said the funding climate for nonprofits has "continued to disappear" and that SB 1247, the bond authorization and…
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